The Sun. — London, England, 1809-11-23 00:00:00

- be found the misunderstanding, the hostility, and the reciviocal prcterisions w hich have t'•: the Monarchy or al: union—ctnne(it:i-: . .1y c ;.:11 " -- jk - c, know not yet what effe?t the Treaty of Vi eia has produced in London. The signature of the having been prematurely published in Hol land, the English have only obtained a knowledge :;1 the fad. They are acquainted, however, with the nature of the cessions on the Adriatic, or they foresee them; for they are already vexed at the thought, that the Emperor is to be hencefc;.ll the master of that sea, and that its navigation and ports are to become his property and domain. As to the Treaty with Sweden, the English are better acquainted . with it, and particularly in what relates to Russia, the Emperor of which they call their ancient magnanimous ally; but they . know not, and they dread the consequences which may result from this Treaty, when the Emperor of the Frtuch shall have declared his intentions. The FhAse,ioti of the island ofAland, which is transtorred Lu Rro;sia, appears to them to leave little mili!ary security to Sweden, and little commercial skx:utity to Eng land. 1 ` The English speak no longer of Spain, and Plot venture to talk of Flusbmg, Where otiiy 30.9 men, they say, now die weekly. It apre:iii it is endeavoured to render the people of Lim, (3r , . i;,- sensib!e to this melancholy situation of thMgs, and that the scenes Of Covent-garden Theatre. afford a kind of relaxation, which is found very convenient for di verting the mind ot John Bull, We are ignorant of the result of these burlesque demonstrations of civil liberty, and those coarse displays of riationid spirit which set every thing in a flame, merely to deter- mine whether Maclaine Catalani shall have the pi ice she demands for songs,--whether the theatre shall be open or shut—wneher Mr. Kemble and his fa mily shall or shall not be ' , lined ? It is to decide thii important dispive that heavy blows are dil , .trbutvd in the pit, and that Noble Lords mingle among the champions of both parties." MAILS, A R Dalin, 2 IS'Lt,'ll . O:A. Gottenburgh, I Lisbon, I Cadiz, z IVatenii.;;;(l. PRICE OF Tills DAY AT TWsLV ConSois ----- - - .: - - THE SUN. - 69 SOLED: QUIS D:CiRE FALS “Df AT L 0 N D 0 N, THURSDAY, NOYSMI3EIc 23, mg. It was, we understand, settled at the Council yes terday, to advise His MAJESTY to summon Parlia ment to meet for the dispatch of business on Tues day, the 23d of January. A Proclamation to this effea will appear in The Gazelle of Saturday. The Pickle Schooner, which has just arrived ➢ and which left Cadiz two days after the Britannia, brought a 11e4senger from the Marquis WELJ.Es 7 LEY, who, we understand, accepts the offer ten dered to him by the present Administration. The Political Incendiary, after filling his Register, week after week, for months paSr, with alarming accounts of the formidable Navy of Buona parte, whose ♦i6lories, as Gilbert Wakefield said of them, " will not let him sleep for pleasure," and who has had the consummate impudence and folly to tell his drivelling admirers, that his Imperial hero and king has built two ships of the line to our one, during the present war ; now struggles to keep alive the threats of invasion, and the hopes of the fa&ious and malignant, by whining out that Boo naparte must postpone his conquest of the Vniied Kingdom, until lie can get possession of the Spanish and Portuguese fleets ',- ! To answer so despicable a blunderer, to confute so hardened and shameless, so selfish and inveterate a calumniator, is what no man in his senses will ever condescend to attempt—for the sake of those, however, who .may yet dream of the Naval resources of Buonaparte, it may not be amiss to observe, that all France does not at thii moment contain sufficient stores and materials to build and rig out three sail of the line. The Corsi cd.n's Navy, instead of being twice as strong as ours, does not consist in all of 30 sail of the line, and even those are so situated as to be incapable of a&ing in concert ! At Flushing there are seven or eight ves ,sels hermetically sealed up ; at Brest not one t at Rochefort there are five or six, unfit far service, and at the same time closely watched. How many there are now at Toulon, remains yet to be ascertained. — Before their late unfortunate sortie, there were tour teen fit for sea, three or four in a state of forward ness, and two Russian wrecks. This is all that re mained of the boasted Nary of France ! and from this we sincerely hope that the enemies of their country, such as the vile scribbler already noticed, will speedily he reduced to the bitter naortitioation of meking consickrable abatements. • - We understand Government have engaged the bUilding, lately used as barracks a:c Faversham, for the pqrpose of an hospital to accommodate a great number of the sick soldiers which ine daily expeaed from the eland of Walcheren. Tuesday Colonel CUYLER, of the 85th regiment; Captain TAYLOR, of the 81st ; C6mmissary 'Bo ycE and Captain DARCY, of the Royal Artillery, arrived at klao.vich. 4uckla4d Packet, 'having return ed to Englan i d, livra Flushing, on account of ill . . . N A VAL NEWS, PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 22.—Arrivgd the Aancy Slo0j), BRAVES, from London.to Portsmouth ; Unity sloop, THOS.—MONDAY, from London to pbrtsmonih ; Marie Juhannae ship, J. HAFFENWORTH, from Riga to Portsmouth; Uranus brig, JOHAN REICKR, from St. Petersburgh to Portsmouth Marian sloop, W. HANT, from Swanage to London ; Sally schoo ner, T. HODSON, from London to Africa ; Fly sloop, W. GREGORY, from S wattage to London. The illphea cutter takes convoy to the Downs, and sails to-morrow. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 2 t .—Airived his Majesty's ship Eclipse, from a cruize ; the brig Glasgow, of Dundee, ALEXANDER MERLIN., Master, from Malta and Gibraltar, laden with cotton, wool, fustic, &c. bound to London—,-sailed from Malta the Ist of Oc tober, in company with a fleet, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Formidolle, of 98 guns, the whole of v6hidi arrived at Gibraltar on the 20th of OOtehor, where the Glasgow left them, she having been obliged to cut her cables, aad run out to sea, in consequence of her anchor having been thrown across the hawser of one of his Majesty's sh:psß during a heavy gale of wind, in the night of the 23d October. Also arrived the brig Traveller, Dncs, from Car dia., for London ; the ship Nevertlzorpe Marinam, ALEX. NrolD master, from the Brazils, laden with cotton, bound to London; the Spani4ll brig Faspc. to, of Mattoon, Josarx MEaimENT master, from laden with raisins and cork, for Dunnage, bound to London, last from Scilly ; all put to here by eon traty winds. The schooner Triumph, RONALD McKAHRON master, from Lisbon, laden with fruit, bound w this port ; the Mary, ST4Z;DARD, from St. John's, New foundland, laden with tisl), bound to this port. Arrived the Harlequin hired armed ship, from crui ze. Arrived the Pickle sloop of war, from the Medi terranean, with dispatches, supposed to be from Ad miral Lord COLLINGWOOD. The dispatches have been landed, and forwarded to the Admiralty, but no particulars have transpired, the vessel being un der quarantine. DII:AL, Nov. 2n. The embarkation of shot, shells, powder, and other stores, commenced at Flushing on Saturday last. The general opinion was that the Island was to be immediately evacuated.— Very considerable quantities of English goods are on the Island undisvosed of. The Dutch show no dis position to purchase, except on such terms as to sub jest the vender to a loss of nearly 40 per cent, on all his articles. Intercourse with Holland was in terrupted, and considerable importations made from the Continent. About 000 Dutchmen are still employed working on the fortifications, &c. On Sunday the 12th, an Officer of the 33th regiment, was found s.nfibcated in the canal at Flushing; from the circumstance of his sword being f o und dr awn , at some considerable distance from him, it is con jeaured he was attacked by some of the natives, and after attempting to defend himself, was over powered, and thrown in by them. The _Mettle, a new frigate was expeaed to be launched in the course of this week. A considerable uumser of the waggon-train horses were advertised for sale at iNtliddleburg this week. No apprehensions of an immediate attack from the enemy, there being but very few troops in South Bevcland, and those prin cipally butc!), and in an extreme sickly state. Arrived the Jason, yuebec, and Crocodile frigates; the two former from the westward, and the latter from the northward. Came down trots) the lliver and remains a very large fleet of outward-bound merchantmen. SHEERNESS, Nov. 2 1 .—Sailed his Majesty's brig Rover with a convoy for Heligoland. Arrived his Majesty's ships Gorgon and Banger ; —the latter made the signal for a convoy to Flush- ins. Sailed his Majesty's ship C!4ampion to Deal; the Denmark to Portsmouth ; and the Ilymphen to Yarmouth. Arrived his. Majesty's ship Osprey. YARMOUTH, Nov. 22.—Yesterday arrived a fleet of ships from the Baltic, under convoy of his Ma jesty's ship Saturn and Sailed, the fleet for Gottenburgh, under convoy of the Basilisk sloop of war, and Manly gun brig. The Baltic fleet are sailed to the Westward. A correspondent at Stornoway says, " An ene my's privateer has lately made its appearance on this coast, and has greatly excited the alarm of the inhabitants. This news has been communicated by the Captain of a ship which has been driven on shore at Locl►sheil, being closely porsued by the privateer, which, he says, captured two vessels on the same day. The Re‘;. Joseph Richardson, ALA. of Qtteen's College, Oxford is appointed to the Alastership of the Grammar School, Sheffield. • MRS. SIDDONS. As the public must naturally feel a considerable degree of curiosity in what relates to a Lady who has reached the top of her profession, and who has so often afforded them pleasure, we feel ourselves un; der a necessity. to notice a pamphlet which has for,. some time been advertised, and which was yester day submitted to the world. This pamphlet was professedly written by Mrs. GALINDO, formerly Miss GOUGH, an aetress on the Dublin stage, and who made a few ' unsuccessful efforts at Covent- Garden Theatre. it appears that Mrs. Siddons was some years ago very intimate with this Mrs. Galindo and her husband, who was formerly a Fencing master. It appears also that the Galindos were un der pecuniary obligations to Mrs. Siddons, which we understand have not yet been settled, and that they had received repeated favours from her. In deed it is'evident that there was a cordial friendship towards the Galindos on the part of Mrs. Siddons, and this publication, at a period when a spirit of per secution has arisen against Mrs. •Siddons and the Kemble family, will fully enable the public to judge how far these Galindos were entitled to her kind ness. Mrs. Siddons, it seems, was induced to put an end to all acquaintance between her and Mr. Galindo, on account of the violence of his temper. The Letters of Mrs. Siddons which appear in this. publication tio honour to her head and • heart, and shew a warmth of friendship which has met with such a return in this pamphlet as most shock every teoling heart and liberal mind. We shall subjoin some of those letters, and we ore persuaded; that instead of accomplishing the purpose obviously in view, that of bringing disgrace on Mrs. Siddons, they will ren der her character more amiable in the opinion of the public, and all the disgrate attending it will fall wholly on its authors. We have before ob served, that the time at which this publication takes place indicates, the most vindiaive spirit, but as many of the letters relate to family concerns, and might excite family divisions, the publication cf them at all proves a disposition that every person must regard with indignation and abhorrence, !4 “TER VII. Cheltenham, June 12th. 4 . Mt DEAR MRS. hope long before this you have received the account of my brother's visit to me, and that the appearance of an engagement for three years, at five pounds a week, comtnencing the season after the next, has put you all into a more comfortable frame of mind than Mr. Harris's letter was likely to produce. I was unwilling to send it, but I thought it right to tell you precisely how the business stood, especially as it was 'a thing of too mooch consequence with respell to your arrange ments in the interim. This letter is to serve as an answer to Mr. G.'s, and I most sincerely hope I may, never receive such another; for alas ! the pressure of my own affliction has not yet hardened me into an insensibility to the sorrows and mishaps of my friends; my friends too should know this ; but I say no more, I most sincerely wish his spirits may be again restored ; he tells me, I have taen too much trouble about this engagement, and that " happiness is purchased at too dear a price." I will own, in answer to the .fir‘tosgevtion. that' it.bas cost me much and various ' and very k}itter conten tion : but I have,•gained the viaory at last. and it depends on the moderation of the Nyisbes and ex petiv. ations of us all, whether the . cOntliet is ended peaceably and honourably. I pray God it may, for to live in a state of cornention with a brother I so tenderly love, and a husband with whom I am td spend what remains pi' 411 e, would be more than my subdued spirit and almost broken heart would be able to endure. In answe. to the second, I can' - only say, that the testimony of the wisdom of all ages, froM the faun, dation of the world to this day, is childishness and folly, if happiness be any more than a name; andi am assured our own experienCe wiL - not enable uslO refute the opinion. • No, no; it is. the inhabitant of. a better world. Content, - the e,i4pring of moderate ' tion, is All we ought to aspire to here, 404 modera tion will be our best and surest guide to that happi ness to which she will most assured'' , conducl Forgive this preaching ; I have a most sincere and affectionate regard for him, and I wish for your sake as well as his own, he would endeavour to car red that avidity of imagination, that at one time hurries him into what he mistakes - for -happiness, but which is indeed no more than intoxication; a sort of drunsenoess of the mind, and the next mo ment plunges him into despondency. Indeed, in deed, I wish you would tell him it is my most ear nest request that he would, and that by making this exertion, and in the effects it will produce on your mutual comforts, I shall be richly overpaid for all I have done; if he thinks himself unfortunate, let him look on me and be silent. "l he inscrutable ways of Providence." Two lovely creatures gone, and ano• (her is just arrived from school, with all the daz zling, frightful sort of beauty that irradiated the countenance of Maria, and makes me shudder when I look at her. I feel myself like poor Niobe, grasp ing to her bosom the last and younger of her. chil dren ; and like her look every moment for the vengeful arrow of destruction. • Alas ! my dear friend, can it be wondered at, that I long for the land where they are gone to prepare their mother's place. What have .1 here? Yet here, even here, could be content to linger mill in peace and calinuess; content is, all I wish ; but I must again enter into the bustle of the world ; for though fame and far- tune have given me all I wish, yet hile my presence and my exertions here may be useful to others, I do not think myself at lib.etty to give myself up to my own selfish gratifications. The second great commandment is, love thy neighbour as thyself, and in this way I shall most probably best make my way to heaven. Give my love to dear little Johnny ; he will seem pleased at least, if he. has not forgotten to laugh at the name of SiddOns. God bless you all. lam unalterably, Your sincere friend, S. SIDDONS. LETTER XIV. Nov. 14th, I believe. My DEAR MRS. G.—Your letter was more wel- come to me than I have time or words to express; would to God it had brought me more comfortWe tiiliwY ° s of yo u an d y ours . I p l ay f our t i mes i n t h e week, and what with rehearsals and arranging nay dresses, I have not a moment to call my ows ec ell now I write after playing Lady Macbeth. I Bare been sorely hprrassed with domestic cares, but w"" not add to the burden of yours by my complahl; on the contrary, oh ! that I were able to lightet! them, and wipe all tears from your eyes. We " lb ' of you all incessantly, indeed that is the only s olace of my dejthed mind. Alas ! alas ! how happy git' all were together this time last year, and yet we then found means of vexation and distress, so that it seer lls ' we should make occasions of uneasiness even in the happiest state, and nay weR submit to the sorrows which Divine Providence ordains, since we oursekes are so ingenious to create them. Patty and I have been making a little arrange tent for next summer, to her I refer you for it I can tell you is, that we think of nothing more 010 of you and yours, and are for ever looking out tot some little " settled low content" in this neighbour' hood, where I may sometimes come and participate your comforts. Pray tell Mr. G. it is so long sin" I have heard from him, that I begin to think he has forsaken his allegiance. Here we are alone, for Mr• Siddons is gone to Bath, and when he will return i% quite uncertain : " Poor forsaken virgins that we are !" but, thank God ! we are content to be alva Love to dear Mr. G. and the sweet babes ; and my kind wishes to those who are so good as to intereo themselves about Your faithful friend, S. SIDDoNS. ETTE l; XVII r. 1 Sunday, Manchester. AZY DEAR i'Vlits.G.—Mr. G. has been here to about the plays; he offered me his hand, but I had pot duplicity enough to receive it. I need only tell :I you that he was as violent as usual, and wondered what he had done to offend me. I endeavoured , ' but in vain—for he had all the talk to himself-- - to I ask what he thought cf telling Mr. th it f lent him the money, after I bad his sacred promise, on account of —7—, never to let it be known ? ask , ,--d him if he had ever heard me utter a word re . ' speaing you thatwas not dhSlated by esteem andcor di3l good will ; and how he could imagine, that, if haci.an idea that his acquaintance with me wank'. give you one moment's uneasiness, that I should nor)! in that nome4t, have broken it off ? God knows/ and he knowa ton, that I would; but I alway s thought yOt4 were desirous of beeping it up, as being sure tit his'at least being in society that could not I)4s disrepulable, I tell you all this, which is all that passed be' tweet' us at this interview, that you may !coal from one who never yet told you a falsehood 0 014 as he professps to he unable to . relAte any thing ac''' cwoely) "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," that you may, not be misled, kle was talking so much all the time, that I believe be hardly heard me when I assured him I was sorry tc` see him cariied way by the vioiel , ce of his temper', that I harboured no resentment against only hoped he would not hereafter represent too a g such a fiend, to turn a man's wife into ridicule het husi!und, .as it was likely to come to - the ears r i those wt.() are not so deeply impressed with ti - e 4, of forgiVene..s 'myself ;he went away in a c a b or perhaps I alight have- talked bina into a littiP " 41 anti biiev e mom, bear Mrs. 0. your sincere friend, • S. Sppo Arg; . .1......... LETTER XIX. Mrs. Siddons's compliments to Mr. Galindo; 5/4 : declines the favour of any interview, and begs le" — to refer him to Mr.- 7 , tor any business tie 133 °Y; have to transact. LETTER XX. • —. • Written in Willa)? last- • , MY WAR PA,1717 7 -4 loose no time in sitcling yo 4 • the inclosed letter from 4),lr.C:alitido; I know Ib is the time you expel to receive your interest inc' , : I ney, and I. guess by the double postage it is arrived. As you know my resolution never more to, open letter from him, I send it to you with the seal tin' broken; although, as you perceive, it is addresseq to me. What astonishing etti . ontery, after such cil t : • rage, hypocrisy, and ingratitude 1- ! !- I hope ) o ' l ' foot is better. Give my kind compliments to Mrs' —, tell her she has now had your society A whole week, and I think it is time you should return to your affeetionate friend. I cannot be mistaken in the letter, for I see P.G. •on the seal, but I desire you will not mention th' contents to me for I have suffered enough, and anl resolved no more to subject myself to the insolence and treachery I have already endured, as I have no* thing to do with the transaction between 'you sad Mr. G. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, The spirit of opposition last night began verf soon after the commencement of The I;zile, but the' interference of the surrounders, aided by the presence of a few Peace officers, soon 'quelled The play then proceeded without disturbance tin the entrance of the halt-price visitors, and then the storm broke forth with its usual violence, but with" out any of its instromental adjuntts. A person addressed the audience in the Pit, WO stated that he had been taken into custody the nigb t befbre, -but the general clamour that prevailed pre' vented the rest of his speech tro►u being heard! The O. P. Knights were few in number, but they made up for their paucity by their violence. The Placards ,were also few, and were visible 6ut a short time. The only new one was the following :-- " A Caution. " Persons with colds are requested not to cough or Og le aloud : they will otherwise be taken to Bow-street." The leaders of the opposition, instead of waiting' as usual, till the dropping of the curtain, before they introduced the customary *eremonies of cheering' groaning, and dancing, brought them forward be' tween the two acts of Don Juan, probably conceivi ing that they should otherwise have a powerf ul competitor for the attention of the audience to 'GRIMALDI. Soon atter the close of the latter piece the Theatr e '. Was cleared. A few contests n iook place during al ' progress of the dramatic representations, but 01 seemed to be amicable skirmishes, for the main pol' pose of preventiog all attention to wilat 1 assed the gage.